Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

About Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

In the Carpathian Mountains of 19th-century Ukraine, love, hate, life and death among the Hutsul people are as they’ve been since time began. Ivan is drawn to Marichka, the beautiful young daughter of the man who killed his father.

Sergei Parajanov's Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors is a 1965 romance film. The film is filed under rivalry, forbidden love, sorcerer, and sorcery.

Ivan Mykolaichuk stars as Ivan Paliychuk, Larysa Kadochnykova as Marichka Gutenyuk, Tatyana Bestayeva as Palagna, and Mykola Hrynko as Batag. At 96 minutes long, it arrived in October 1965.

The screenplay is by Ivan Chendej and Sergei Parajanov. It is adapted from a novel. It streams on Klassiki in the United States.

Cheaper by the Dozen 2, Slayers Return, and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 make useful companions to Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors. TMDB voters put it at 7.5 out of 10 across 198 votes.